Music Concept

_{What do you think of music?}

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This wiki is a collaborative creation I made mainly for my own edification. I want to know what elements of music indicate certain emotions, concepts, and ideas. The essence of program music, described out. I'm slightly curious to see if people interpret musical elements in the same way, or if it's a matter of opinion. So what I'm looking for from you, the watcher, is parts of music that make you feel sad, happy, or excited, or characteristics of music sound white or purple or red or blue. Also, feel free to link to music that is hosted, with an explanation of what/why it indicates something or another. Please, though, don't use lyrics as an indication of the mood of a piece. A song about someone's kitty dying is obviously sad, but only discuss here if you explain what in the music itself supports the 'sad' :)

Motifs
- Accented notes/chords in a piece that accompany visual actions can increase tension or excitement. Reference: Liberi Fatali^[#1]
- Continuous drum/march sound helps to reassert a theme that has been described again, but with more epic proportion. Only used to good effect if the theme has been drawn out, varied, left alone for a while, etc. Does not help if you play the theme, then reiterate the theme just with a march quality to it. Reference: Orchestrated version of Simple and Clean^[#2] and Fantasia alla Marcia for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra^[#5]

Rhythmic Techniques
- Displacing the beat in a rhythmic pattern can greatly increase the momentum. Reference: Orchestrated version of Simple and Clean^{[#2] (again)}

Instrumentation
- Sparse piano with little else in the foreground can denote sadness. Reference: Organization XIII and most of their related music^[#3]
- A ringing bell can be used to create a thrilling sensation or denote something dramatic. Reference: That music machine video^[#4]

References
1- 1:38; http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/ff8music/01-%20Liberi%20Fatali.mp3
2- 1:48; 0:22; http://bluelaguna.net/downloads/mp3s/khmusic/02+-+Hikari+-KINGDOM+Orchestra+Instrumental+Version-.mp3
3- throughout; http://bluelaguna.net/downloads/mp3s/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc+1%2F24+-+Organization+XIII.mp3
4- 2:00; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ23qLJEt5c&feature=related
5- 6:14; http://bluelaguna.net/downloads/mp3s/kh2ostsoundtrack/Disc+2%2F34+-+Fantasia+alla+marcia+for+piano%2C+chorus+and+orchestra.mp3